cupidus

Latin

Etymology

From cupiō +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈku.pi.dus/, [ˈkʊpɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.pi.dus/, [ˈkuːpid̪us]

Adjective

cupidus (feminine cupida, neuter cupidum, comparative cupidior, superlative cupidissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. eager, desirous, passionate, fond (+ genitive or + in ablative)

   Synonyms: dēsīderōsus, impiger, studiōsus, sēdulus, ācer, libēns, intentus, aspīrāns

   pacis cupidus ― peace lover

2. greedy, covetous
3. wanton, lecherous
4. partial, biased, favoring

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cupidus	cupida	cupidum		cupidī	cupidae	cupida
Genitive	cupidī	cupidae	cupidī		cupidōrum	cupidārum	cupidōrum
Dative	cupidō		cupidō		cupidīs
Accusative	cupidum	cupidam	cupidum		cupidōs	cupidās	cupida
Ablative	cupidō	cupidā	cupidō		cupidīs
Vocative	cupide	cupida	cupidum		cupidī	cupidae	cupida

Descendants

• Old Catalan: cobeu
• Old Occitan: cobe ⇒ coubés
  • ⇒ Provençal: coube, coubi
  • → Old Catalan: cobés
• → French: cupide
• → Welsh: cybydd

References

• Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cupidus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, pages 1552–1553

Further reading

• “cupidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cupidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a demagogue, agitator: plebis dux, vulgi turbator, civis turbulentus, civis rerum novarum cupidus
    
  • revolutionists: homines seditiosi, turbulenti or novarum rerum cupidi
    
  • to hold revolutionary opinions: novarum rerum cupidum esse